March 18th, the sky is high and the air is crisp.
The weather in Kyoto in March has begun to warm up. This day is just an ordinary day for most people, but it is a rather special day in the Ministry of Justice.
Lu Junzhong was born on September 18th, so on this day there will be no blood in the torture chamber, and all the torturers in the torture chamber will have a rest.
When we first entered Xu, it was already dark, and all the sixteen rooms of the Punishment Department were completely dark.
Zhu Dongshan paced back and forth in his room, his expression solemn.
He naturally knows the strength of the six guards lurking in the backyard. If they fight alone, they may not be the opponent of the assassin of the Earth Temple, but with the strength of six people, the assassin may not be able to escape.
Moreover, there is never a shortage of people in the yamen. Even in the middle of the night, there are dozens of yamen officers on duty. Therefore, as long as there is a cry for help from the backyard, yamen officers from all over the yamen will quickly provide reinforcements.
Although Lu Junzhong is sinister, he is also a very thoughtful person.
The Punishment Department infiltrated assassins several times, and although they almost captured the assassins each time, there was still one time when an assassin escaped. It is still unclear who ordered the escaped assassin.
So Lu Junzhong made special arrangements.
The yamen of the Ministry of Punishment are distributed around the execution room, but not close to the execution room. However, if the execution room makes a sound, it is enough for the surrounding yamen to hear it.
Zhu Dongshan knew Lu Junzhong's deployment clearly. Once there was a change in the execution room, a group of people would rush directly to the execution room for reinforcements, but the others would be divided into several groups, and they would all be equipped with crossbows. They would surround the execution room as quickly as possible and seal it off.
Live assassin escape route.
The officials of the Ministry of Justice were not equipped with crossbows, but Lu Junzhong was extremely powerful. He wanted the Ministry of War to allocate a batch of high-quality crossbows, and the Ministry of War could not refuse.
The most terrible thing is that all crossbow arrow clusters are quenched with poison. Although it is not fatal to people, as long as it is shot and penetrates into the flesh and blood, it will lose the ability to move in a moment and become a lamb to be slaughtered.
After dark, Zhu Dongshan's heart kept beating.
If nothing else goes wrong, the assassin will definitely sneak into the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice tonight. If all goes well, Zhu Dongshan really wants to kill Lu Junzhong, but after thinking about it, he feels that the possibility of success is too high.
vague.
If he failed, the assassin would be captured alive. Thinking about the consequences, Zhu Dongshan felt horrified.
He has taken the poison. If the assassin is killed, he will be poisoned within a few days. He even thinks that he may not be able to wait until the poison is released. Once the assassin is tortured to extract a confession, he recruits himself to participate in this plan. With Lu
Junzhong's temperament is such that he will be cruel to him immediately. These sixteen rooms will definitely go through it from beginning to end. In fact, he knows in his heart that with his current physical condition, he will not be punished half the time, and he will definitely die.
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He regretted it now. In anger that night, he threw up his sleeves and left.
Now that you have boarded the ship, there is no way out. You should make a good plan with the other party at that time and try to make this plan a success.
But at that time, I was coerced and I was so angry that I didn't think about it at all. After I calmed down, I secretly went to the Earth Temple. It was impossible to find the assassin again.
He was a little regretful and upset.
He walked back and forth for a while, sat down again, and turned to look out the window. It was already dark and he was restless. After a while, he seemed to finally make up his mind and walked quickly out of the yard and went straight to the dining room of the Yamen.
The Yamen of the Ministry of Justice has a special dining room to provide food and drink in the Yamen. However, the dining rooms are also divided into different levels. The food of ordinary Yamen officials is naturally different from that of officials. The diet of extremely important officials such as Lu Junzhong is strictly controlled.
People also have midnight snacks before night, and the six guards guarding the execution room specialize in cooking small stoves.
"Sir!" When the two cooks in charge of the food in the torture chamber saw Zhu Dongshan walking in with his hands behind his back, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
Zhu Dongshan waved his hand and said: "Business with you." Then he asked: "How are the food prepared for tonight?"
"As you say, sir, don't dare to be careless." A cook said: "According to the rules, there are four dishes, two meat and two vegetables, plus a portion of soup."
Zhu Dongshan asked: "What kind of soup are you preparing tonight?"
"Pork ribs and lotus root soup." The cook said, "The guys in the backyard all like it, it tastes good." He asked cautiously, "Do you want to try it, sir?"
Zhu Dongshan smiled warmly, and although he did not speak, he did not refuse. The cook was immediately flattered and said: "The lotus pond is ready, I will go and give it to you now...!"
"Let me take a look." Zhu Dongshan said: "Take me to see it." Then he added: "There are too many cases these days, and the brothers in the yamen are very hard-working, especially the brothers in the backyard.
They are extremely tired, so you must not treat them badly."
"How dare you, how dare you." The cook said respectfully, "You guys don't dare be careless in the slightest."
The earthen pot was placed on the stove, and the cook led Zhu Dongshan over, and a scent filled the air.
Zhu Dongshan opened the lid of the jar, took a look, shook his head and said: "There is too little soy sauce, you can put some more, go get it quickly."
The cook did not dare to say anything and turned around to get it. Zhu Dongshan saw another cook busy and did not look here. He immediately took out a porcelain jar from his sleeve and poured the powder inside into it. After the powder entered,
Get involved immediately.
The cook brought soy sauce and poured a little bit into it. Zhu Dongshan took a wooden spoon, stirred it, and said with a smile: "This is the perfect color, aroma and flavor." He put the lid on the jar and said: "You do your job well, I know you
It’s hard work, I’ll give you some monthly silver later, I can’t let your hard work go in vain.”
The cook is of course very grateful.
Zhu Dongshan added: "This lotus root soup is almost ready. You can send it to the backyard. It's still a little cold at night. Let them drink the soup early to warm themselves up."
After leaving the dining room, Zhu Dongshan did not go far, hiding near the dining room and watching. Sure enough, after a short while, two cooks carried the food to the backyard.
However, cold sweat broke out on Zhu Dongshan's forehead. He raised his hand to wipe it with his sleeve, but his heartbeat accelerated.
What was put into the lotus root soup was intoxicating drugs. There were countless torture instruments in the Xingbu Yamen, but there were also many strange drugs.
Originally, the Punishment Department rarely used drugs, and Lu Junzhong preferred to use various strange torture instruments. After Zhu Dongshan was promoted to the Punishment Department by Lu Junzhong, the Punishment Department began to increase the types of drugs. The use of some drugs can make prisoners more miserable than torture instruments.
This intoxicating drug is colorless and odorless. After taking it, a person will lose consciousness in less than half a stick of incense, and it will take three or four hours of deep sleep for the drug's properties to gradually wear off.
Zhu Dongshan had no other choice. The assassin must not miss tonight. To ensure that everything was safe, he could only use poison to knock down the backyard guard.
He didn't dare to use poison. Firstly, if poison was used, the guards might not be able to detect it. In addition, if they were all poisoned to death, the palace would definitely have people investigate after the incident. All six guards died of poisoning. It was easy.
This will make people realize that there may be a traitor in the Ministry of Punishment.
After taking the drug for five or six hours, the drug will completely disappear and there will not even be any trace of the drug in the body.
He did not delay and went straight to the backyard, but did not go there immediately. When he saw the two cooks coming out of the backyard and gone far away, he walked slowly over. There were two government officials guarding the courtyard gate.
It is within the Xingbu Yamen, but this backyard is a forbidden area, and not everyone in the Xingbu can enter.
However, Zhudong Mountain is naturally unimpeded.
Entering the courtyard, walking deeper, I looked up at the Palace of Hell at the end of the road. The lights were on inside, and Lu Junzhong must be inside.
There is a small hut on the left side of the Hall of the King of Hell. Zhu Dongshan walked over slowly, hiding his body in the shadows. Looking over from a distance, he saw four guards having a meal.
Even during the meal, there were at least two guards lurking in a hidden place in the backyard.
Zhu Dongshan looked a little nervous.
He calculated the time. After these people finished eating, they would return to their positions and continue on duty. The other two people would come in shifts to eat. Now he only hoped that these four people would finish eating as soon as possible. If the other two people drank soup,
Previously, these four people suffered from drug-induced seizures, with disastrous consequences.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. The four guards finished their dinner quickly. After leaving, the other two people also went into the house to eat. After those two people also left, Zhu Dongshan looked up at the night sky and looked toward Lu Junzhong's house.
Take a look.
He had already made a desperate move and was just waiting for the assassin to come.
Suddenly, a chill rose in Zhudong Mountain.
It suddenly occurred to him that if the assassin did not come as promised tonight, or was delayed by other things, then things would become troublesome.
He reached out and touched his sleeve. There was a dagger hidden in his sleeve.
After a while, Zhu Dongshan walked lightly to a hidden place in the backyard. There should be a guard hiding here. Even within the Ministry of Punishment, few people knew about the hiding place of the six guards, but Zhu Dongshan happened to
I know it clearly.
He walked over lightly, one hand in his sleeve, holding the dagger.
There was no movement. When he got closer, he saw a guard leaning against the wall, completely unaware of his identity.
Zhu Dongshan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the toxicity of the drug had indeed taken effect.
He clenched the dagger in his hand, and suddenly, he felt someone tap him on the shoulder. Zhu Dongshan was so stunned that he almost lost control of his bowels. He turned his head, and under the moonlight, he saw clearly that the person coming was actually on the ground.
The assassin he saw in the temple.
He was still in shock. The assassin was wearing night clothes and had a black scarf on his chin. Apparently he wanted Zhu Dongshan to see his face and deliberately pulled the scarf to his chin.
"Your Excellency, I have not been disappointed." The assassin chuckled, "From now on, Zhu Butang will be in charge of the Punishment Department."
Zhu Dongshan took two deep breaths, but the hand holding the dagger couldn't help but tremble.
The assassin tapped Zhu Dongshan on the shoulder twice, without saying a word, and with a flash of his body, he was already heading towards the Palace of Hell like a ghost.